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Date Added to Site: 28th February 2007 |
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Short Summary
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"Unnatural", "Unsuitable", Unemployed!. Lesbians and Workplace Discrimination in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Honduras and Mexico
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ADEIM-Simbiosis, Artemisa, Cattrachas, Criola, IGLHRC, Red Nosotras LBT |
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June 2006 |
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ADEIM-Simbiosis, Artemisa, Cattrachas, Criola, IGLHRC, Red Nosotras LBT |
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International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
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Short Summary
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This report analyses discrimination against lesbians in the job market, based on statistics, law and testimonials from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Honduras. It seeks to make explicit the links between discrimination in the workplace and the ability of lesbian women to secure the basic elements of survival - food, housing, education and medical care - for themselves and their families. Discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation permeates the lives of lesbians and significantly undermines their economic security. It exacerbates the sexism that lesbians already experience as women, and the racism faced by people of indigenous or African descent or members of other racially - or ethnically - marginalised groups. Even worse, it compromises their ability to obtain support from those to whom most people turn first when in financial need: their families and communities. Summary adapted from website.
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